Australia’s most populous state is facing an elevated risk of blackouts amid a forecast looming heatwave, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) warned on Monday. AEMO issued blackout risk warnings for the…
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Bangladesh has reported 11 more deaths from dengue
Bangladesh has reported 11 more deaths from dengue in a day, bringing the death toll to 459 since January, said the country’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The country’s DGHS reported…
Mediation effort stop doctors’ strike in Cyprus is at an impasse
The latest mediation effort to prevent the 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals in Cyprus has ended in a stalemate. Today’s meeting of OKYPY with the union of government doctors ended…
COVID caused cancer tumours to shrink in mice – new study
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University A fascinating new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has revealed an unexpected potential benefit of severe COVID infection: it may help shrink cancer. This…
Health minister seeks to avoid strike in Cyprus hospitals
The Minister of Health, Michalis Damianos, will meet Wednesday with all parties involved in a mediating effort to bridge the differences between OKYPY and government doctors in relation to the payment of…
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) experiencing significant decline in air quality
As temperatures drop and the heating season begins, cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are experiencing a significant decline in air quality. Since early November, Sarajevo has been intermittently blanketed in toxic…
Antibody treatment boosts immune response against tumor, new study shows
Israeli researchers and their colleagues from the United States developed an antibody-based treatment that empowers the body’s immune system to effectively attack cancer cells and prevent their spread, Israel’s Weizmann Institute of…
Twelve people have died from whooping cough in Czech Republic
Twelve people have died from whooping cough, or pertussis, in the Czech Republic so far this year, according to the State Health Institute (SZU). Most of the deaths have been among seniors,…
Global medical breakthrough: Kidney autotransplantation performed
The Clinical Hospital Center of Rijeka, Croatia’s third-largest city, has made a global medical breakthrough by successfully performing a kidney autotransplantation, the hospital said in a statement Monday. Specialists in the hospital’s…
Confirmed mpox cases in Africa have surged by over 500 percent
Confirmed mpox cases in Africa have surged by over 500 percent this year compared to the total for all of last year, with the number of affected countries rising to 19, according…